* script
* translation
* Rudolph, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in French
* French Christmas traditions
* what’s up with these bi-verbs in the passé composé, those that go either way, using être or avoir?
* practice on all of the above

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]]>Continuez à lire. . .La soirée vin - Learn even more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Let’s go to a wine fair today and hear about the great wines of the Rhône region.
In the companion worksheet – 17 pages

* script
* translation
* wine related vocabulary
* unusual adjectives
* the pronoun ON
* how to express time
* practice on all of the above

Taking pictures is an art, and food photography is a bit like craft jewelry, it requires a lot of precision. Let’s see how to take pictures of food, how photographers do it, what their tricks are, their challenges and how they work with the chefs.

Scanners corporels - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring French people talking about smoking and Anne’s worksheets.

Today, we’re listening to a News broadcast about body scanning in the airport. Several people are talking, bringing their own French accents, so its’ good for us – more learning. First, we’ll go over the words and expressions that might be hard to hear in this video. They are all in the companion worksheet as well.

In the companion worksheet – 9 pages

script

translation

airport vocabulary

les adverbes de temps such as dès, parfois...

practice on all of the above

Text excerpt – Transcribe the text and check your answers in the worksheet

AUDIO

Scanners corporels - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring French people talking about smoking and Anne’s worksheets.
Today, we’re listening to a News broadcast about body scanning in the airport. Several people are talking, bringing their own French accents, so its’ good for us – more learning. First, we’ll go over the words and expressions that might be hard to hear in this video. They are all in the companion worksheet as well.
In the companion worksheet – 9 pages

Today, we’re listening to a mini pole on the Évin law, the law restricting people from smoking in public areas. Believe it or not, the French have mixed feelings about it. Most people understand non-smokers shouldn’t be bothered by cigarette smoke; yet, they wonder about smokers’ freedom.

We’re listening to the trailer of a movie called ‘Nos plus belles vacances – Our most beautiful vacation’. It’s about a Parisian family going to spend their vacation in rural Brittany and mingling with the locals. Fun! This trailer goes really fast.

Disabled sports and the Paralympic Games are an integral part of our sporting life. However, the material costs a lot of money. Come and meet Marie-Amélie Le Fur, who explains her need to be sponsored to continue to live her passion against adversity. "Hats off" Anne-Marie, and "Hats off" to all of you who continue despite your disability.

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Achat des fournitures - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring French people talking about a particular topic and Anne’s worksheets.
Nous allons au supermarché et à la papeterie aujourd’hui pour acheter les fournitures suivant la liste du prof.
We’re going to the supermarket and to the stationary store today to buy school supplies according to the teacher’s list.
In the companion worksheet – 10 pages

* text
* translation
* likes and dislikes
* plural of compound nouns
* practice on all of the above

Post your comment about this right down here at ‘Leave a Reply’.

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Porte-drapeau aux JO – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
C’est un honneur d’être le porte-drapeau aux JO. Jason Lamy-Chappuis a eu cette chance. Il nous en parle ainsi que la ministre des sports. Écoutons ce qu’ils ont à dire.
It is an honor to be the flag bearer at the Olympics. Jason Lamy-Chappuis had the chance. He tells us about it as well as the sports minister. Let’s listen to what they have to say.
In the companion worksheet – 13 pages

Listen to this newsreel about a company in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département trying to save the beret tradition. The speaker has a nice southern accent, making it harder to understand sometimes, yet, I find it helpful as you will hear many different accents when you are in France. And no worries, I’m here to get you through it.

La préparation des jeux olympiques - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring French people talking about a particular topic and Anne’s worksheets.

Welcome to this very advanced Podcast called Le français tel quel – French as it is – where you hear regular French people talk, and where you learn vocabulary and grammar along with it in the companion worksheet that you can get on the Web site. Le français tel quel features videos & audios of real French people talking, because we know that ‘French as it is’ isn’t always clear: people seems to speak fast and eat their words. We try to break it down and make it easier for you to get authentic French.

Let’s go back to 2005, when London was getting ready of the Olympic Games. This newsreel relates the different steps of the British city for the big 2012 events. Listen to the news report, go through the vocabulary, and study sports, facts about numbers and talking about days in the Premium worksheet.

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La préparation des jeux olympiques - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring French people talking about a particular topic and Anne’s worksheets.
Welcome to this very advanced Podcast called Le français tel quel – French as it is – where you hear regular French people talk, and where you learn vocabulary and grammar along with it in the companion worksheet that you can get on the Web site. Le français tel quel features videos & audios of real French people talking, because we know that ‘French as it is’ isn’t always clear: people seems to speak fast and eat their words. We try to break it down and make it easier for you to get authentic French.
Let’s go back to 2005, when London was getting ready of the Olympic Games. This newsreel relates the different steps of the British city for the big 2012 events. Listen to the news report, go through the vocabulary, and study sports, facts about numbers and talking about days in the Premium worksheet.
In the companion worksheet – 13 pages

* text
* translation
* Facts about French numbers
* sports terms
* expressions about sports
* disabled and adaptative sports
* talking about days
* practice on all of the above

Today, we’re listening to a newsreel on the proliferation of green algae in France. This one is located in Plouha, Brittany. The algae is induced by the farmers’ over use of nitrogen and is polluting the shore all over France, and the authorities don’t quite know how to deal with it.

Yes, it’s high-school exam time in France. All the High-school students are reviewing for the degree. It’s also a rite of passage that grants them access to the university or to adult life. This video shows us how French candidates review for the three types of bac – baccalauréat and it tells us about the success rate in Brittany. On top of it, the video was shot in my high-school in Rennes.

Being elegant at the French Open

Today's very short video has interviews of several VIPs from the tennis world. They’re talking about being elegant at the French Open. It’s great because, for once, the English translation is in the video. Yet you’ll still love the companion worksheet. Look what's in it.

Today, we’re going to an exhibit about sculptor Camille Claudel. The curator says she organized the exhibit about the Camille she likes, the one who is her own woman, ‘while trying to forget about her relationship with Rodin’. She speaks fast, like a lot of French people do, but if you do the worksheet, I guarantee you’ll make a lot of progress this week.

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Les espadrilles françaises - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring authentic French and Anne’s worksheets.
Aujourd'hui, le sujet est un conte de fées sur cette petite entreprise française qui a récemment réussi à remettre l'espadrille – cette chaussure de toile si sympa – dans la vie des Français.
Today, the topic is a fairy tale about this small French company that made it recently by bringing the espadrille – this fun cloth shoe – back to life.
In the companion worksheet – 12 pages

* script
* translation
* review patterns terms
* different types of shoes
* FAILLIR, a funny verb
* how to use the infinitive mode in French
* practice on all of the above

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]]>Continuez à lire. . .Président du Festival de Cannes – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s companion worksheet.
AUDIO below, with Anne’s French accent
Aujourd’hui, nous écoutons un journaliste nous présentant Robert de Niro, président du jury du Festival de Cannes.
Today, we’re listening to a journalist introducing Robert de Niro as the President of the Jury for the Festival de Cannes.
In the companion worksheet – 16 pages

* script
* translation
* fun-facts exercise about the Cannes Film Festival
* expressions about the movies
* pronunciation of final consonants
* practice on all of the above

On May 1st, it’s the tradition to give a sprig of Lily-of-the-valley to the ones you love. We’re going to Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département, where almost all of the lily-of-the-valley sprigs come from. It’s a huge business.

In the companion worksheet – 10 pages

text

translation

what’s an adjective?

what’s an adverb?

BON vs. BIEN

SENTIR vs. SE SENTIR. I don’t want you to go around saying ‘I smell bad’ when you meant to say ‘I feel bad’

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Le salon du chocolat - Learn even more French with this very advanced post featuring authentic French and Anne’s worksheets.
Enjoy this 2-minute video from Le Salon du Chocolat in Nîmes, in the South of France, with a slight Southern accent.
In the companion worksheet – 7 pages

* script
* translation
* French school system
* ordinal numbers in French
* practice on all of the above

Come and meet Djibril Bodian. He is a great baker. In fact, he won best artisan competition for the best baguette in 2010, which meant that he got to provide bread for the French president for a year. Drop by his bakery – Le Grenier à pain de la rue des Abbesses in Paris - when you’re in town.

He speaks really fast, so hold on to your computer or your phone and remember, I’m here to help you with what you might be missing from his talk.

Today’s French topic is a special request from one of our listeners. We’re listening to nutritional Doctor Laurence Plumey talking to us about a report that came out dealing with the common misconceptions about dieting and losing weight. She also tells us her secret about French diets and getting in shape. It’s so easy, and so efficient, I love it.

We’re off to Saint-Tropez on the French riviera today. You might picture Saint-Tropez full of wealthy jetsetters, movie stars and millionaires. But what happens to this affluent millionaires’ resort in the wintertime? We’ll listen to what the inhabitants have to say about it.

Today, what’s keeping the French busy is the snow on the ground. Listen to French people talk about how they cope with it in this ‘French As Is’ episode called ‘La neige perturbe Paris – Snow disrupts Paris’. You might know ‘une bretelle’ as a supender, but do you know what it is on the freeway? Or do you know what a peeing cow is in France?

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La grève du ménage – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Aujourd’hui, les Toulousaines, dans le sud de la France, luttent pour l’égalité des droits en faisant grève. Elles sont descendues dans la rue, laissant les hommes s’occuper du foyer.
Today, women of Toulouse, in the South of France are claiming their rights to equality by a strike. They are going down the streets and leaving men in charge of the household.
In the companion worksheet – 9 pages

Today, we’ll hear about crêpe day. Crêpes are thin pancakes. But don’t go away if you’re not interested in crêpes. The lady we’re listening to uses colloquial French and it’s an excellent listening comprehension exercise. She does speak very fast as well, though. So hang on tight.

Every year, France becomes restless; stores are swarming with people, lines get longer and longer. Everything is on sale, in January and at the beginning of the summer. Let’s go to the Lafayette Department store and see what’s going on.

As many of you know, January is very festive in France. First, you get cards and calls from everyone you know, to wish you a happy new year. And also, you get to eat la galette des rois, king’s cake all the time. Originally, galette des rois was eaten on January 6, but nowadays, you can find it on French tables from the end of December till the end of January. I hope you’ll all be eating galette des rois this month. They are really easy to make. But I bet you won’t find a diamond in yours, such as the one in the audio file. Wouldn’t you wish to live in France?

In the companion worksheet – 7 pages

script

translation

what’s so fun about that January French tradition, la galette des rois?

recipe for this easy and quickly made galette des rois

sentences that start with a negative word such as aucun, or nul : ‘aucun risque, nul ne pense’

AUDIO

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Galette et diamants - Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Comme vous le savez peut-être, le mois de janvier est très festif en France. D’abord, vous avez les cartes de vœux pour se souhaiter la bonne année. Ensuite, on a le plaisir de déguster la galette des rois. À l’origine, c’était le 6 janvier, mais avec la vie moderne, les Français mangent la galette des rois de fin décembre à fin janvier. Miam miam ! J’espère que vous serez nombreux à manger de la galette des rois ce mois-ci. Mais je parie que vous ne trouverez pas de diamant dans la vôtre, comme celle de l’audio. N’avez-vous pas envie de vivre en France ?
As many of you know, January is very festive in France. First, you get cards and calls from everyone you know, to wish you a happy new year. And also, you get to eat la galette des rois, king’s cake all the time. Originally, galette des rois was eaten on January 6, but nowadays, you can find it on French tables from the end of December till the end of January. I hope you’ll all be eating galette des rois this month. They are really easy to make. But I bet you won’t find a diamond in yours, such as the one in the audio file. Wouldn’t you wish to live in France?
In the companion worksheet – 7 pages

* script
* translation
* what’s so fun about that January French tradition, la galette des rois?
* recipe for this easy and quickly made galette des rois
* sentences that start with a negative word such as aucun, or nul : ‘aucun risque, nul ne pense’
* practice on all of the above

As you may know, oysters make a very popular appetizer for Christmas and the New Year. As such, they become coveted and the oyster parks are watched by the local police force. This is what we’ll hear about in this news piece.

Today’s lesson is called ‘Noël à Paris’. We’re listening to Alfonso Nsangu who tells us about the best Christmas he’s ever had, even though he had no money at all. It was the one he spent in Paris with his wife when the two of them left their native Alsace for a few days.

Président ou candidat – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.

Président ou candidat – Français Tel Quel

Even though this lesson is a 're-cast', the topic is still current. So, on we go with making progress in French.
Today, we’re listening to the news. First, the headlines and then wondering if Nicolas Sarkozy is using tax payer’s money to finance his campaign before he officially announces his candidacy.

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Président ou candidat – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Président ou candidat – Français Tel Quel
Even though this lesson is a 're-cast', the topic is still current. So, on we go with making progress in French.

Things are getting heated in France right now! The country is undergoing elections. The French are voting for their mayors every 6 years. We are right in the middle of a campaign to cast a vote for a mayor and a town council. Let’s listen to this passage where a journalist is trying to make a candidate admit that her liberal political party is floundering and that she will struggle to get elected in the next municipal elections for the city of Paris.

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Municipales à Paris – Français Tel Quel – Learn more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Municipales à Paris – Français Tel Quel
C’est chaud en France en ce moment ! Le pays est en période d’élections. Les Français votent pour leurs maires tous les 6 ans. Nous sommes en pleine campagne électorale pour les maires et leurs conseils. Écoutons ce passage où un journaliste essaie de faire admettre à une candidate de gauche que son parti bat de l’aile et qu’elle aura du mal à se faire élire dans les prochaines municipales à Paris.
Things are getting heated in France right now! The country is undergoing elections. The French are voting for their mayors every 6 years. We are right in the middle of a campaign to cast a vote for a mayor and a town council. Let’s listen to this passage where a journalist is trying to make a candidate admit that her liberal political party is floundering and that she will struggle to get elected in the next municipal elections for the city of Paris.
In the companion worksheet – 10 pages

* script
* translation
* French politics: how does it work?
* voting vocabulary
* about POUR
* practice on all of the above

In this passage, we’re dealing with a new phenomenon – sharing belongings between people. Indeed, France being in economics straights, people are forced to find other ways to get by as best as they can. Let’s study this newsreel.

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]]>Continuez à lire. . .La soirée vin - Learn even more French with this very very advanced post featuring French people talking and Anne’s worksheets.
Let’s go to a wine fair today and hear about the great wines of the Rhône region.
In the companion worksheet – 17 pages

* script
* translation
* wine related vocabulary
* unusual adjectives
* the pronoun ON
* how to express time
* practice on all of the above